Reunion Island volcano erupts

Friday, July 31, 2015 - 00:56

Dramatic footage shows the eruption of a volcano on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION
A volcano erupted on Friday (July 31) on the remote Indian Ocean island of Reunion where beach cleaners found a piece of plane wing believed to have come from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The government of the island, officially a part of France lying to the east of Madagascar, imposed a ban on access to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, including by helicopter.
The eruption happened at 10:00am local time (0600GMT).